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    The NASA Paresev ("Paraglider Research Vehicle") was an experimental NASA glider aircraft based upon the kite-parachute studies by NASA engineer Francis...
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    invention of Francis Rogallo's flexible wing and subsequent development by the Paresev engineering team's innovations and then others. On 1948, engineer Francis...
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    etc. The Charles Richards design and use of the Rogallo wing in the NASA Paresev project resulted in an assemblage that became the stark template for the...
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    "flying Jeep" or Fleep, and of a weight shift Parawing glider, called Paresev, in a series of several shapes and sizes, manned and unmanned. A key wing...
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    "Flying Jeep" or "Fleep") and by March 1962, of a weight-shift glider called Paresev. Round parachutes were selected over the Rogallo wing to be used on the...
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    group of eight pilots who tested the paraglider research vehicle NASA Paresev. In 1962 the U.S. Air Force selected Thompson to be the only civilian test...
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    Grissom was one of the eight pilots of the NASA paraglider research vehicle (Paresev). Grissom, the shortest of the original seven astronauts at five feet seven...
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    project pilots on the Rogallo paraglider research vehicle (Paresev) program. He made his first Paresev research flight on March 14, 1962. He was injured when...
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    The NASA Paresev was one of the first powered Rogallo-winged aircraft to fly...
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    residence, Holden, MA MSC 313: Private residence, San Jose, California Paresev 1A (Rogallo Test Vehicle): Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia...
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    described by its inventor Francis Rogallo and by NASA engineers in the Paresev and Fleep programs. On October/11/1963, Dickenson filed for a patent, and...
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    NASA's Paresev glider in flight with tow cable [1]....
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  • steel frame crafted at Dryden. Construction was completed in 1963. NASA Paresev Fixed Wing, Paraglider Research, Space Capsule Safety (1) Retired (4) 1961...
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    aircraft, gliders continued to be used for aviation research. The NASA Paresev Rogallo flexible wing was developed to investigate alternative methods...
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    Examples of type are the Northrop HL-10 and Martin-Marietta X-24. The NASA Paresev Rogallo flexible wing glider was built to investigate alternative methods...
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    trike aircraft Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era NASA Paresev Folding frame for transport Specifications Specifications Archived 2007-08-17...
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    closely matched the Purcell, Barry Hill Palmer, and the Charles Richard NASA Paresev 1B wing; minor control sticks derived from the triangle control frame were...
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  • frame Triangle control frame for any towed or free-flight kite system. Paresev A mass-shifting via pulley-routed cables from a control stick while kite...
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  • designed the collapsible four-tube Rogallo wing used in the experimental NASA Paresev glider. The wing configuration he created was used for manned hung-pilot...
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  • wing resembles a hang-glider arrangement as used on the kited gliders of Paresev program and by Ryan Aeronautical Company. The glider used weight-shift...
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  • inadvertently approximated the George A. Spratt mechanism from 1929. NASA’s Paresev glider came to light after Palmer’s gliding flights, so it bore no influence...
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  • Prince NASA AD-1 NASA Centurion NASA Helios NASA Hyper III NASA M2-F1 NASA Paresev NASA Pathfinder NASA Pathfinder Plus NASA Puffin NASA Electric Aircraft...
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    percentage of modern hang gliders. Following successful test flying of the Paresev (paraglider research vehicle), many prospective hang glider pilots made...
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